Month: February 2016

Everyone wants to go to DealDash and be a pro at winning from moment  one.  But the truth is, no one knows what they are doing when they get there.  The learning curve each “Newbie” goes through sends a seasoned player to the moon and back with confusion, and sometimes anger! 

The first and worst mistake a Newbie can make is “Stomping”.  Stomping is coming in day one and pouncing bids down after every player’s bid.  The worst offense to the stomper is to themselves because they are using twice or three times the bids they need to to win.  Every seasoned player uses the Bid Buddy, this is an essential tool at DealDash and is the foundation of bidding.  If you don’t use your Bid Buddy, you are not using a strategy.  It’s that simple.  

What do I mean by this? Well, if you are pouncing in bids, and the other guy is using a Bid Buddy, his bids are measured and the stompers are not.  They just randomly place bids, when using the Bid Buddy there is a measured amount of bids place and in turn of whoever is in the auction also using Bid Buddy.  

The Next mistake I see Newbies doing is in the personal comment.  Don’t give away too much information in your comment.  If you tell everyone you are on Social Security and have 8 children, we know you don’t have very much money and will come in late to an auction and jump the tar out of your bids!  Don’t brag about having a low paying job no matter how important it is!  Likewise don’t tell us what you will do when bidding, for example, don’t say “In it to BIN it” we see you coming and going, you have no intention of Binning, don’t lie about that, you will be figured out right away.  Any comment you can say that would give any insight to your bidding style or the amount of money or bids you have will always haunt you.  

One bid mistake Newbies make is buying a small bid pack and then being involved with an auction that is winding down.  You are running out of bids and now have to go back to the buy bids page or use the buy bids icon at the bottom of the page, either way, if you wait too long to make this transaction, you could lose while you are at the checkout.  Buy enough bids to win up front!  this is also the sister of not enough bids, don’t get caught short handed with bids, it’s a rookie move to be close to the end and run out and lose while you are at the check out. 

Probably the worst offense to Newbies is OVERBIDDING! You are loaded up with bids, you are determined to win the auction.  But you don’t know the other guy, maybe he’s one of those people who overbids for fun, suddenly you have placed twice the amount of bids required to win the auction, maybe you won or will win, but it never feels good to end an auction is the red.  

When you are new and bidding at DealDash, do your home work.  1. don’t Stomp! It’s a waste of bids.  2. Keep your comment simple, don’t give away your strategy.  3. Buy enough bids to win 4. Don’t use more bids than you should have to win, better to BIN and get your bids back.  

If you take a little of this to heart when you plan on bidding I think you should be able to win a few great auctions out of the gate. 

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

When you are bidding at DealDash it’s a lot of fun going after the really popular, high ticket items, but they require time,  patience and a pile of bids. Sometimes it’s just fun to go after the easier to win items.  Here I detail several fun items that could be won easily with less than 200 bids.

 

If you are just getting started at DealDash, or if you’re a seasoned pro, once in a while it’s nice to win a bunch of items quickly.  This is also a good practice if you are bidding on a budget.  Start with a 200 or 300 bid pack, stay focused on just one item at a time, and make sure it’s something you want or need.

 

When you’re bidding on a budget, it doesn’t make sense to 1. get involved with a stomper, or 2. stay involved in the auction.  So you have bowed out and one of the stompers did win, at least you left with your dignity…and your bids for another auction, and you still have the opportunity to earn free bids with your bid meter.

Small Bid Packs will usually end at just a few cents, one exception is a Newbie or sometimes an Old-Timer who has a must win attitude. They haven’t learned or don’t care that this is a few cents item. So if a long battle ensues for a small bid pack, I would back out after 10-20 bids otherwise it just doesn’t make sense to keep bidding.

The dollar amount of the prize matters too.  They higher the value, the more bidders, so stay away from those items, remember above everything else, this is about winning an item with less than 200  bids.  So take action to conserve bids.  This means, jumping out when there is a reckless player, use your Bid Buddy even if you’re only throwing in a few bids, I’ve won a lot of auctions for just pennies with this practice because everyone else is throwing in manually and I have the Bid Buddy racked up, I win!  Watch the auction, you really want to keep an eye on all the players to learn their playing habits.

 

Newbies do one of two things, 1. They stay in too long and overbid, unfortunately, no one wins that way. or, 2. They leave and forget to come back. They probably blew  their  200 bids while they were waiting to bid. If you want to win you have to stay with the auction.

 

So you like winning a lot of small items quickly?  Well who doesn’t?!  Sometimes it’s just fun to poke around and not care about what you’re bidding on.  The items with higher value take quite a bit more time and concentration.  You can just rack up bids and walk away, and that has it’s place, but what I’m talking about is just a little “Willie-Nillie” random bidding!

The best items to bid on during random bidding are under $200 or around $200, when you get much higher than that it takes longer and that’s not what today is about!  This is a great gift giving idea, if you are in the market for a gift place some random bids in your price range and if you don’t win it you can buy it (Buy It Now) and get all your bids back to bid on an item for yourself!

There is a nice variety of bird feeders for sale at DealDash, this is one of my favorite items to win as gifts. They range in value and usually don’t have a very large crowd at them.

You can get some great kitchen appliances under $200 dollars and the auctions are not as short as a $35 auction, but they do usually end with under 2000 bids. That’s total bids placed by all players, which translates to about $20.00 final price.  I have won a couple of microwaves with less than 200 bids, I really needed one so I went for it and won.  Then my friend wanted one, so I went for his too and won!  You might be tempted to go for the KitchenAid, and I say go for it, but not today, that auction is going to be a battle and won’t fit into your style today.

So you have the toaster and you have the microwave, now go for the blender! This $30 Oster Osterizer is a perfect fit, this is an item that should be won for just a few dollars, if you don’t win right away it’s time to bail, don’t waste your bids in a big battle.  The exception to this is you plan on racking up the value of the item in bids, this way you can purchase the item and get your bids back.  This is such a cool feature about Deal Dash, they don’t want us to leave empty handed.

You can also find a bunch of pet items that go very low.  These are also fun to go for when DealDash is having one of its free sales, then you pay one penny transaction fee and it’s yours, shipped free too.  You will never pay shipping at DealDash no matter how large the item is….never. This Pet Bed retail for only $14 so if you wanted to rack up the bids, you would divide the value, 14 by the price of the bids .15, that’s 93 bids and you own it win or BIN!  Easy-Peasy!

You may be tempted to stomp during this type of bidding, but I’m here to ask you please don’t .  The stomper never wins in the end.  If you’re placing a bid after every person you are not conserving bids, and you make it appear, to people stopping by the auction, that there are less people and so they join in so not only do you waste bids but you invite more players.

However you bid, let your hair down and just bid on some fun low priced stuff, go ahead the fireworks are great!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

Donna, DealDasher since 2014.

There is nothing more fun than to tell you about the amazing sale going on this weekend at DealDash!  In fact, this is my favorite kind of sale….one where you get lot’s of free bids!

Tonight Feb. 12, 2016 you can enjoy .12 bids, this is a perfect time to stock up on bids because this is the best price we see at DealDash, (I think I’ve seen .11 cent bids during big events)  But for the most part you will pay anywhere between .12 and .15 cents per bid to play at Deal Dash, that is by far the best deal I’ve seen from other site.  Not only will you get the bids low priced, you will get FREE BIDS 3X Faster!  That’s my favorite part.

For every bid you place at DealDash you are rewarded for the time you spend as high bidder.  This occurs every time you place a bid, and as long a no one stomps you, you gain free bids three times faster than usual.  Yes, DealDash gives free bids to every player every time you play, no exceptions…every day!

The extravaganza continues and gets better Saturday and Sunday the 13th and 14, 2016. You will earn 5X the free bids for every bid you place, so you buy your bids at .12 and get 5X multiplier, all this equals more opportunity for you to find a great deal!

When the multiplier is in place it’s important to keep your eye on the auction to make sure there are no “stompers”. Stompers are players who jump on your bid before your clock runs down, it’s usually done by Newbies who soon learn it’s very wasteful to slam bids down, you rarely win that way and it’s just a waste of money.  The good news is stompers lack patience, so they don’t stick around very long, (usually) however, some old timers are stompers and they stick around, so if you are playing with someone who has been on DealDash for 4 years and they are stomping, they have come ready to do battle at all costs.  My point is, if there is a stomper and a 5X multiplier, it’s a better use of your bids to wait for the next auction or step out while the stomper is in the auction.  The other good thing about stompers is they run out of bids quickly.

And if that’s not enough great deals, guess what else?! FREE WINS! Every item that sells on Saturday and Sunday will have a final price of one penny!  It doesn’t matter where the auction ends,  2 dollars or 50 dollars, all you pay is one penny and that is a free my friends!

So, this weekend at DealDash is my favorite sale, on Friday Feb 12th a 3X multiplier and .12 cent bids, on Saturday the 13th  and Sunday Valentine’s Day there are .12 and .13 cent bids, 5X Multiplier and Free Wins! So load up on sale bids and win some great free prizes!  DealDash is the best auction site and now the only one I use.  I’ve tried them all, and always come back to the most fun, fair and honest site on the internet and that is DealDash!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!